Yang Dong was pondering whether he should avoid suspicion or refuse her offer.
But Li Chuntao just got on the carriage, leaving him unable to say no.
He tugged at the corner of his mouth, oh well, since that’s the case, let’s go together.
So he said, "Let’s go buy so rice, flour, at, and other food at the market. The carriage can’t enter the market, so I’ll find a place to park it first, and then we can walk in."
"Alright, let’s go quickly then. Just right, I need to buy a few things too," Li Chuntao smiled.
Actually, she had noticed Yang Dong’s conflicted and troubled expression, but she wanted to follow him anyway, so she ignored it.
Yang Dong carried on, drove the carriage to a spot close to the market, and parked it there.
So the two of them got down from the carriage and headed toward the market.
As soon as they entered the market, a child from a at stall waved in their direction, shouting, "Chuntao sister, Chuntao sister, you’re here, haven’t seen you in a long ti."
Yang Dong was quite surprised that Li Chuntao knew soone at the market.
Seeing Yang Dong’s surprised expression, Li Chuntao just smiled at him and walked towards the at stall, saying to the child, "Sister has been busy with so things at ho lately, have you been behaving well?"
"Of course, I have been, I’m even helping my mom look after the at stall," the child said proudly.
At that mont, a woman ca out from the at stall, and upon seeing Li Chuntao, smiled widely, "Ah, Chuntao’s here, how’s your health? Feeling better?"
Being asked about her health made Li Chuntao feel a bit awkward; she worried Yang Dong might overthink things, so she quickly replied, "I’m much better, thanks for your concern, Ma’am."
At this mont, Yang Dong indeed was overthinking; he wondered, what’s wrong with Li Chuntao’s health? Why did the woman ask like that?
"That’s good to hear," the woman said as she cut off a piece of at, about two or three pounds, and handed it to Li Chuntao, "Here, Chuntao, take this ho to nourish yourself and have a little treat."
Seeing the woman’s enthusiasm, Li Chuntao declined, "No, no, Ma’am, you know I don’t eat at."
Despite her words, the enthusiastic woman insisted, pulling Li Chuntao’s hand to give her the at, "This at has fat and lean portions, you can use the fat to make dishes, if not for you, give it to Alu."
The child beside them chid in, "Sister, at is so delicious, why don’t you eat it?"
"Sister is afraid of getting fat," Li Chuntao confessed with a slightly embarrassed smile. She knew at was delicious; she used to eat it a lot, only recently had she stopped.
"Sister, what’s there to fear about getting fat? You’d still be as pretty as you are now even if you were."
"..." Li Chuntao didn’t quite know how to respond. She didn’t think she looked good when she was heavier, so she just chose not to continue the topic and instead turned to Yang Dong, "Do you want to buy at? This woman’s at is very fresh and good, if you want to buy so, get it here."
Yang Dong was still in a daze, thinking, is Li Chuntao’s health really that fragile? If she’s not well, why doesn’t she eat at?
After all, eating at could help her regain her strength, just as he was thinking this, he heard Li Chuntao’s question, and just as he was about to answer, the kid beside them spoke first.
"Sister, who is he? Is he your fiancé? The future brother-in-law?"
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